or milton romney as our next president. (laughter) but what if-- what if-- it had been cain? (laughter) john oliver has more in this continuing series. >> in october of 2011, herman cain led the polls for the republican presidential nomination. tragically, america was denied a herman cain presidency, but recently i sat down with mr. cain for a series of conversations to explore some of the tough decisions he would have faced in office. tonight, china. >> we currently owe china approximately $1.5 trillion. >> holy (bleep). (laughter) >> yes, that's a problem. the american people should not only be concerned about this amount of debt, they should be frightened because of this amount of debt. >> they should be bat (bleep) terrified. >> absolutely b.s. terrified. >> should we at least be learning chinese at this point, mr. president? try this, ni hoa. >> you might offend them if you only no one word. >> well, try this one. (speaking chinese) >> (speaking chinese) now what is that? >> that's actually not chinese, that's just som